diff --git a/src/main/scala/data/DataService.scala b/src/main/scala/data/DataService.scala
index 82a6489..7d2b019 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/data/DataService.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/data/DataService.scala
@@ -81,7 +81,16 @@ class DataService(log: Logger[IO]) {
     Executors.newFixedThreadPool(8) // limit concurrency
   )
 
+  private val MAX_BINARY_CHUNK_BYTES = 64 * 1024 * 1024
+
   def getBinaryChunk(offset: Int, length: Int, fileName: String): IO[Array[Byte]] = {
+    if (length > MAX_BINARY_CHUNK_BYTES || length < 0)
+      IO.raiseError(new IllegalArgumentException(s"Requested length $length is invalid (max $MAX_BINARY_CHUNK_BYTES bytes)"))
+    else
+      getBinaryChunkUnchecked(offset, length, fileName)
+  }
+
+  private def getBinaryChunkUnchecked(offset: Int, length: Int, fileName: String): IO[Array[Byte]] = {
     val fileResource = Resource.make(
       IO.blocking(new RandomAccessFile(s"$GRIB_FOLDER/$fileName", "r"))
     )(file => IO.blocking(file.close()))
diff --git a/src/main/scala/server/Server.scala b/src/main/scala/server/Server.scala
index 44ac37d..a253c87 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/server/Server.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/server/Server.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import fetch.csv.FileNameService
 import fetch.lvgmc.{FetchService, WaterTemperatureService}
 import fetch.warnings.WarningService
 import fs2.io.file.{Files, Path}
-import server.ValidateRoutes.{AggFieldList, AggKey, CityList, DateTimeRange, Granularity, ValidateDate, ValidateDateTime, ValidateInt, ValidateMonths, ValidateZonedDateTime}
+import server.ValidateRoutes.{AggFieldList, AggKey, CityList, DateTimeRange, Granularity, ValidateDate, ValidateDateTime, ValidateFileName, ValidateInt, ValidateMonths, ValidateZonedDateTime}
 import org.http4s._
 import org.http4s.dsl.io._
 import org.http4s.implicits._
@@ -64,24 +64,31 @@ class Server(postgresService: PostgresService, dataService: DataService, fetch:
         }
 
     // http://0.0.0.0:8080/api/show/lvgmc-forecast/Latvija_LTV_pilsetas_tekosa_dn.csv
-    case GET -> Root / "show" / "lvgmc-forecast" / fileName =>
+    case GET -> Root / "show" / "lvgmc-forecast" / ValidateFileName(fileName) =>
       fetch.fetchFile(fileName).flatMap(bytes =>
         Ok(bytes).map(_.withContentType(`Content-Type`(MediaType.text.csv)))
       )
 
     // http://0.0.0.0:8080/api/fetch/lvgmc/stations
+    // Gated behind the same flag as the scheduled FTP task: this route would
+    // otherwise let anyone unauthenticated trigger a real LVGMC FTP login on
+    // demand, bypassing ENABLE_LVGMC_FTP_JOBS entirely.
     case GET -> Root / "fetch" / "lvgmc" / "stations" =>
-      (
-        for {
-          fileName <- new FileNameService().generateCurrentHour
-          stationDataStr <- fetch.fetchWeatherStations()
-          _ <- postgresService.save(fileName, stationDataStr)
-        } yield stationDataStr
-      )
-        .flatMap(content => Ok(content))
-        .handleErrorWith(error =>
-          InternalServerError(s"Failed to fetch stations: ${error.getMessage}")
+      if (sys.env.get("ENABLE_LVGMC_FTP_JOBS").exists(_.equalsIgnoreCase("true")))
+        (
+          for {
+            fileName <- new FileNameService().generateCurrentHour
+            stationDataStr <- fetch.fetchWeatherStations()
+            _ <- postgresService.save(fileName, stationDataStr)
+          } yield stationDataStr
         )
+          .flatMap(content => Ok(content))
+          .handleErrorWith(error =>
+            log.error(error)("Failed to fetch LVGMC stations") *>
+              InternalServerError("Failed to fetch stations")
+          )
+      else
+        ServiceUnavailable("LVGMC FTP fetching is currently disabled")
 
     // http://0.0.0.0:8080/api/show/grib-all-structure
     case GET -> Root / "show" / "grib-all-structure" =>
@@ -92,10 +99,10 @@ class Server(postgresService: PostgresService, dataService: DataService, fetch:
       dataService.getFileList().flatMap(fileList => Ok(fileList.asJson))
 
     // http://0.0.0.0:8080/api/show/grib-name/harmonie_2025-02-01T1500Z_2025-02-01T180000Z.grib
-    case GET -> Root / "show" / "grib" / fileName =>
+    case GET -> Root / "show" / "grib" / ValidateFileName(fileName) =>
       dataService.getGribStucture(fileName).flatMap(response => Ok(response.asJson))
 
-    case GET -> Root / "grib" / "binary-chunk" / ValidateInt(binaryOffset) / ValidateInt(binaryLength) / fileName =>
+    case GET -> Root / "grib" / "binary-chunk" / ValidateInt(binaryOffset) / ValidateInt(binaryLength) / ValidateFileName(fileName) =>
       dataService.getBinaryChunk(binaryOffset, binaryLength, fileName).flatMap(buffer => Ok(buffer))
 
     // http://0.0.0.0:8080/api/grib/delete-old-forecasts
@@ -117,7 +124,7 @@ class Server(postgresService: PostgresService, dataService: DataService, fetch:
       DebugUtils.getFolderStructure.flatMap(response => Ok(response.asJson))
 
     // http://0.0.0.0:8080/api/debug/file/error_2025-03-16_152201.txt
-    case GET -> Root / "debug" / "file" / fileName =>
+    case GET -> Root / "debug" / "file" / ValidateFileName(fileName) =>
       val filePath = Path(s"data/tmp/$fileName")
 
       Files[IO].exists(filePath).flatMap {
@@ -193,6 +200,12 @@ class Server(postgresService: PostgresService, dataService: DataService, fetch:
     // http://0.0.0.0:8080/api/show/datetime/20230423_1300
     case GET -> Root / "show" / "datetime" / ValidateDateTime(datetime) =>
       postgresService.getDateTimeEntries(datetime).flatMap(content => Ok(content.asJson))
+
+    // Explicit catch-all: guarantees every /api/* request resolves inside
+    // this route set (never falls through to the SPA fallback below and
+    // gets served index.html as a false 200).
+    case _ =>
+      NotFound()
   }
 
   private val corsConfig = CORSConfig.default
diff --git a/src/main/scala/server/ValidateRoutes.scala b/src/main/scala/server/ValidateRoutes.scala
index 7c86650..a8c87c9 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/server/ValidateRoutes.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/server/ValidateRoutes.scala
@@ -92,7 +92,19 @@ object ValidateRoutes {
 
   object ValidateInt {
     def unapply(str: String): Option[Int] = {
-      Option(str.toInt)
+      Try(str.toInt).toOption.filter(_ >= 0)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Rejects path traversal and directory separators (including URL-decoded
+  // %2f, which arrives here as a literal '/' after http4s decodes the path
+  // segment) by allowlisting a safe filename character set, rather than
+  // trying to blocklist every encoding of "..". Used anywhere a path
+  // segment gets concatenated directly into a filesystem Path.
+  object ValidateFileName {
+    private val safeFileName = "^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$".r
+    def unapply(str: String): Option[String] = {
+      if (str.nonEmpty && !str.contains("..") && safeFileName.matches(str)) Some(str) else None
     }
   }
 }